RESEARCH PROFILE

My research interest intersects public opinion, political behavior, and comparative politics in developing democracies and electoral autocracies, particularly in Southeast Asia. Specifically, I examine how knowledge of politics and democracy shape democratic support and preferences in societies with limited experience and exposure to democracy. More recently, my research focuses on the gendered development of political knowledge and preferences in newly democratic societies. I specialise in quantitative research using surveys and survey experiments.

I received my PhD in Politics from King’s College London. My dissertation, titled “Public Opinion on Democracy: Support, Understanding, and Knowledge in Indonesia and Other Developing Democracies” analysed the gender gap in democratic understanding; the effect of exposure to information about democracy on democratic support and preferences; and how differential political education under authoritarian and democratic periods shape voting preferences for democratic and autocratic leadership.

Currently, I am a Lecturer in Comparative Politics at Griffith University, Australia. View my profile here.